Sabre602
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 19, 2017
- Messages
- 442
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Kingfisher
- Vessel Make
- 37' converted gillnetter/crabber
I don't usually welcome cool wind and rain, but today's weather is beautiful.
I’m at cornet bay and it’s quite hazy even after we had a sprinkle this morning. I’ve developed a chest cough and hard to swallow. Ready for more rain.
I’m at cornet bay and it’s quite hazy even after we had a sprinkle this morning. I’ve developed a chest cough and hard to swallow. Ready for more rain.
Treat that like you would a pollen allergy. Take diphenhydramine (Benadryl) at bedtime and daytime if it doesn’t make you too drowsy. For most people it does. Daytime, use any of the non-sedative ones like Loratadine (Claritan, etc., also super cheap at Costco as “Allerclear”).
If you have none of these on your boat, a strong cup of coffee will also do the trick. Caffeine is a very effective antihistamine and a cup of coffee can actually save a life in an acute asthma attack if no other meds are to hand.
Yeah, it's a really good question. I was thinking about pilots who run into disastrous trouble flying into instrument meteorological conditions when they don't have an IFR rating, or who push on past the point of no return on fuel, victims of "getthereitis."
I like night passages. We should have had half a moon for light and the spotlight makes it less stressful during crabbing season. A fresh wind had blown in and rather than clearing the air it only made the smoke thicker.
Yeah, we could have easily turned back. By the time it was fully dark the light smoke conditions at the north end of the trip had gotten much worse; that was nearly the halfway point. Along that stretch of coast there is no anchorage at all for a boat our size and considerable tug, barge and large ship traffic; I knew that dropping the hook in shallower (unprotected) water would only result in me staying up on watch all night. I did consider several places but decided that pushing on, while exhausting, was not actually dangerous.
Would I choose to do this again? Nope.
Two years back it was going to cost me, as a "foreigner" Australian, $250+ to see a Doctor in Canada. I discovered a pharmacist can prescribe antibiotics, for effectively the price of the antibiotic medication, which it sounds as if you need. Maybe do it in USA first?Thanks for your concern. A little yellow Color in the morning for a couple days. I’m getting a good nights rest, If I don’t improve I’ll consider stopping by a clinic as I have to get fuel in Anacortes tomorrow... before heading towards BC.
Sorry. It isn’t quite as bad here right now, although yesterday we could really smell the smoke in the air.
I was thinking about using Cornet Bay as a stopover before going through Deception Pass the next morning. Never been there.
Yesterday in Ganges we had a light drizzle and overcast skies but today in Trincomali Channel visibility is quite good, blue skies between mid-level cumulus.
Maybe I missed it in the posts... how fast were you traveling in those "blind" conditions?